Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud.Tiger.Lake41” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 “Kabir.River.23” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 3.🔐 Is “riverbelllake67” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “Ship!Gold!2015” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Ship.Bell.Vine42”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is too long (c) others can guess it (d) it is hard to type
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “frog#brick#pearl#27”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Neem-85” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 9.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
- 10.🔐 Is “BrickDrumTent25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “mangopearltent21”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in your head (b) on a sticky note (c) in a class chat (d) on your notebook cover
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) DrumMangoGold32 (b) nestmangocorn34
- 14.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lotus_Kite_Mango24 (b) Meera-Sand-86
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) FernSeedRain66 (b) Rohan2011
- 16.🔐 Is “Corn@36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔐 “River#Wheel#2011” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Lake!Pearl!Seed75”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password76” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “FernMangoRiver17”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔐 “River!Shell!2013” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 22.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillwheelkite47 (b) Fern_Lamp_Neem26
- 24.🔐 “Arjun-Chai-11” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Iloveyou!Corn50”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “Leaf@37” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 27.🔐 “riversandtiger59” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “chaimangolakemoon” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “kitedustlotuschai” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔢 How many characters are in “TigerKiteRiver15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Pond.Sand.Kite84 (b) tigerpearlvine31
- 32.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Gold#16 (b) Corn!Nest!Tiger34
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) cloud#wheel#lake#21 (b) Ananya2009
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vihaan2012” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 “Wolf@39” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “river#neem#tent#22”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) hillgoldlotuswheel (b) River@Lake@Leaf44
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Pond.77” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔢 How many characters are in “Shell.Boat.Ship67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 40.🔐 Is “cloud@pearl@boat@49” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
Answer key
- 4
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- 16
- others can guess it
- 19
- weak
- 12
- strong
- 16
- in your head
- DrumMangoGold32
- Lotus_Kite_Mango24
- FernSeedRain66
- weak
- has a name or year
- 17
- 2
- 16
- has a name or year
- emojis
- Fern_Lamp_Neem26
- has a name or year
- 15
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 1
- 1
- 16
- Pond.Sand.Kite84
- Corn!Nest!Tiger34
- cloud#wheel#lake#21
- 3
- shorter than 12
- 18
- River@Lake@Leaf44
- 4
- 17
- strong
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